Combined handgrip strength and walking pace, genetic susceptibility and incident hypertension: a prospective study in UK Biobank.

Panpan HeXiaoqin GanZiliang YeMengyi LiuChun ZhouQimeng WuYanjun ZhangSisi YangYuanyuan ZhangXianhui Qin

Published in: Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports (2023)

Both higher handgrip strength and faster walking pace were significantly associated with a lower risk of incident hypertension, independent of genetic risks of hypertension.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
cardiovascular disease
genome wide
copy number
cross sectional
human health
dna methylation